"The Desolation of Soom" by Clark Ashton Smith

Talk about an under-developed piece. Feels like it could be used as a writing prompt for an ambitious budding author.

I can't find any indication of when this was written, but almost all of Smith's poems appears to have been written in the 1920s (or earlier!), mostly 1922 at that, so there's a fair chance this one was also written in that period. "The Hobbit" by Tolkien wasn't published until 1937. So this "The Desolation of..." language would not have been inspired by Tolkien.

To follow along: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/prose-poetry-plays/11/the-desolation-of-soom